Fix for Adobe Reader Crashes When Printing

This is a silly one, but I’ve run into it on two machines now. You’d think with all the updates Adobe forces you to load, one would have fixed this automatically.

If you try to print a PDF file in Windows 7 with Adobe Reader X and the application crashes, there’s a fix. Navigate to this page and follow the instructions. For posterity, I’m copying the contents below.

Note: I’ve found that the suggested restart is unnecessary.

PDF won’t print | Reader 10.1.2 | Windows

Reader crashes or hangs when printing

(Windows only) When trying to print, if Reader 10.1.2 crashes, hangs, or nothing happens, please install the patch per the instructions below.

Type the path to the patch file executable, and add the -silent flag on the command line. For example:

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&lt;path&gt;AdobeReaderPatch10.1.2_cpsid_92870.exe-silent

Silent mode supresses all dialog boxes so you do not get a message indicating that the update is complete. The executable posts a log file “AcroPatchApplication1012.log” in the temp directory (%temp%).

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